The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-06
GEN. HENRY r.. JACKSON.
His Latest Statement OF His Case
Against Ex-senator Thurman.

His Latest Statement OF Hls Case
Against Ex-senator Thurman.
Gen. Henry r. jackson, Of Georgia, has
issued pamphlet including all the
speeches and documents relative 10 the
issue between himself and ex-senator
Thurman, Of Ohio, and the following ipre-
atory note:
II proper 10 state that my letter was not written
several days" before ~ Publication, a. was a..
fnncpusly fcirgu phc1 ~ the Associated ms
Not Nurd 81 70 W. peunci until his failure 81
make prompt rycantation II his sian,lcrors
char,ui hal satisfied me that h. wns NOT the man
hul mkrn him IN he and that no frtncti0n
worthy OTIS guneruus, uf even conscientious uHturr.
would ever rome ifum hu. That I did not err
~ thi conclusinn has nov been made manifest by
hts lallutc 81 take any noticc whatever Of my let
rr Which, ~ appaafs irom y ncgistTy return ~
Ivlls y, ~ ~, i,,h ~ ~ ~. i.a,cu ln
with tie cltslng sentgnccs % his communication
a. the Associated Fnrss establishes the fact that
With the tillc.i llslt bclorc him, be adhcrcs in
cold blood. 10 the bitter rslumnies he uiicrpd
apAlnst me In his brief and OF hand a.ldr.ss" not
even rpndiaiiug or qualifying the vulgar woris
- witch pc clnlhci ihcn. llc has thus revealed
the notifying truth that man may rise 81 n'put
tlon Ia the tylefal senate WIN. BY a chance ex.
pisure oi III. rial naiai.. must fofiCit the respect
81 The iecrnt and the Just
will bold me 81 bc not ouly an enemy of the Dem
u,nitlc party. but Of the whole country. bccrnsc
oi anything said IA my Macon sI'ccchi What In.
mnuoni that I uttered the convictions % ever
spulhfon Who has not pleaded IN his own hear
ior hlns % be sn.csip, Guilty Of tnason ahd
enough 10 conceive oi an ocSnsion which shall i'm.
fsriuvrly cail Tot the uticnnrc Of those ronvlc-
iluus -asuininr that they are ever b. BE- uttered
n The CirHuuistnnrr surrounding mo. and the audi
ei.f' isfnsu me. AZ MHcon, did not crraie M Ibe
man Who g. fnhc ~ his convictions when they I'M.
yul,c The truth u history, aud. with a. The honor
oi hs STATE his family and himself even though II
H. hy simple Suppression. when occaslon givcs 10
slleuss ar the Significance ~ open denial without
10, holdnezs. nu,t icgl himsclf sink upon the sale
ui cnnsfious being What II tuic Of the individual
must nccyls H. tue ~ the sociai Aggregation. The
hs,or, IL OengiA may h. nothing 10 the world
bat Ia her people y u srcpthing ltluyolyes their
DONOR Ins ~ ~ ~ zeal " lheir homer
and might D, iorcby illustrated from the snnd,
ton. toiay ~ srftnin peoples In Europe. sinking
ihe r.! agd ne In,piI ~ .hc prucnt Welding 20
snu with the acurn s'if held close d. the eve they
bcoms. unswarcs iae Condemned ami Oppressed
Ills, TO world should h. nm Of elsshlng con.
victinns rsunut dcEmdc conviction iuset n con. |
ylrtinus be- hpnUst truth must cmrrgu Triumphant |
from The rssli. Nor does the pc~cssion, or the |
uiiorncc. uhcn ocgnslnn demands II, of sfrnnR |
cunviCtlnus preclude a hearty rcstpct fof the conn
Ter cunvlrtiuu4 of 0thcrh Where IL the southern l
man uiarii'. thought and inrceful emotion. who |
hcdu 81 Ncr tn.lanl hc would not have born en- /
Aholiuuust N ne icfncsi toCt-holdnr that any 1
nrnlsi tro,rn, inr pfntrry IN human ncsh. 4 |
niue araiust 'tol. annulng itselff Whore 4 the |
man. north ul iouh, ulscfyant and thOueaifui /
WIN VII uuseiion NE lfurusition that had the |
Puritan landcd ~ TIE hanks Of Jane river and
ne cavalier and lluguenOa on Plymouth Rock,
lac pu1blcm ~ Aifcnn slavery would have worked
tell ont a. the .amc nmctical rusults7 An We not
VI. unCOnsciouAly " ourselves, the cfcainrs- al
The workings Of Circumstance and
~ oonSieiion of inen an The property and sgen.